Konami hiring for next-gen Metal Gear Solid game

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Konami has today updated its Japanese website with a whole range of new job listings for Kojima Productions. The open positions are for a new game project referred to as “Next Generation Metal Gear Solid Series”.

Whether next-generation refers to the PS3 and Xbox 360, or an actual new generation of hardware such as the PSP2, 3DS, or even the next round of console hardware (surely not), we don’t know. We’d guess this is a PS3/360 game based on the fact the programming positions ask for current console experience.

Konami is listing the following open positions:

General planners (game design)

Level designers

Scripters

Graphics programmers

Network programmers

Plug-ins programmers

Audio programmers

Game character programmers

Concept artists

3D character modelers

3D stage modelers

3D character motion designer

Event scene production

Effect production

Interface designer

It looks as though Konami is attempting to form a fresh team around the Metal Gear Solid franchise due to the number of jobs listed, which could be no bad thing. Fresh hands on an established IP can take it in new directions reinvigorating it for players who have become a little jaded with the formula.

With development only just starting it could be the end of 2012 before we get to play what we must guess will be Metal Gear Solid 5.